Research training is available in the following programs:

• DSS Lab Research Internship
• Master of Business Information Systems (Honours)
• Master of Information Technology by Research
• Doctor of Philosophy

Overview

Note that the DSS Lab research student entry requirements are higher than the requirements for other parts of the Faculty of Information Technology.

Places for research students in the Lab are limited. Only students with the equivalent of an Australian first class honours degree, or who are on track to achieving first class honours, are admitted to the program. Research students must study in one of the Lab’s project areas.

Prospective students should in the first instance contact one of the Lab’s core researchers (David Arnott, Joze Kuzic, Robert Meredith, Peter O’Donnell, Caddie Gao). They should workshop their proposed study area with this researcher. Once the Lab core researcher is happy with the proposal they will approach the Lab Director for approval of the research program. For prospective MIT (Research) and PhD students, the student is also required to present their proposed program to a meeting of all the Lab’s researchers before acceptance.

Coursework in Research Programs

All DSS research students must study FIT4007/5181 Advanced Topics in Information Systems and depending on their background they may need to study FIT5185 IT Research Methods. Unless they have previously studied the graduate BI units, research students should also “sit in” FIT5094, FIT5093, and FIT5095 (units making up the postgraduate Business Intelligence specialisation).